Chapter 6
"You little-!" Peeta gasped out as he threw me to the forest floor. He held onto his shoulder to staunch the bleeding after he had removed the dagger embedded dangerously close to his heart.
I scrambled backward. I had planned to kill him but at the last moment and inched the dagger away from his heart. I couldn't bring myself to kill Peeta. I didn't have it in me to do so. I had killed so many others but when it came to Peeta I just wasn't able to do the deed.
This wasn't even my Peeta. This was a monster. I should be able to kill him...
"KATNISS!" Haymitch yelled, he was there beside me moments after. He stared warily toward Peeta and then back at me.
Peeta held a death stare toward Haymitch. A low growl was emitted deep inside his throat.
"Watch out!" I cried as Peeta lunged at Haymitch like a deranged animal.
Peeta had Haymitch pinned to the ground in seconds holding the bloody dagger to our mentor's throat.
"Stop!" I shouted at the both of them. It didn't help since shouting at Peeta is like asking a brick wall to move.
Haymitch was able to flip Peeta over and bring the knife toward Peeta's neck.
I flinched as it nicked Peeta's neck and a small line of red appeared. It didn't matter how horrible he treated me. I didn't wish any harm to come to him.
"You can't stop me!" Hijacked Peeta hissed, fighting off the knife at his throat.
In seconds, it was Peeta who had the knife to Haymitch.
Something inside me snapped. I screamed and yanked at Peeta.
He fell away from Haymitch. It was only victory for the moment.
Haymitch took the advantage and got off the ground.
Peeta took an angry slice in the air at me. He stepped closer and closer until I was forced to back into a tree. There was no way out of this mess.
I had a sinking feeling that someone was going to die.
I glared up at him. I was determined to not look like I was terrified. He would not get the satisfaction of seeing me that way. Peeta came up closer and I took it as the opportune moment to grab the arm holding the knife.
I pushed back to have the knife come closer. He was too strong. I used to be able to pin him down, that was before he was hijacked. Now it was just impossible to overpower him.
Grunting, I pushed it back harder. Peeta growled, and I was pressed further until there was no space between us. I was barely aware of Haymitch getting closer to us.
The knife found its way to me and I could feel and smell Peeta's breath on my face. I turned my head while clawing at his arms. He gripped one of my arms with his free hand and squeezed until I screamed. If he squeezed any harder I knew my arm would break.
Peeta didn't see Haymitch coming up from behind him but I did. I stopped squirming and clawing at Peeta and decided to play the limp noodle trick. At first it shocked Peeta but then he grabbed me by the throat to pull me upright.
Haymitch pounced that same moment and talked Peeta hard to the ground. He had a stone in his hand and I knew what he was about to do with it.
I didn't protest and slumped against the tree trunk.
Haymitch brought the stone down on Peeta's head. It wasn't hard enough to kill him but it was hard enough to knock him out cold. Haymitch made sure he was really out before coming to me.
"You alright there, sweetheart?" Haymitch peered over me.
All I did was nod.
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